Oath

Oath

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General David Petraeus, center, former head of the allied forces in Afghanistan, takes the oath of office as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency from Vice President Joe Biden as Petraeus's wife Holly holds the Bible during a ceremony at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

General David Petraeus, center, former head of the allied forces in Afghanistan, takes the oath of office as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency from Vice President Joe Biden as Petraeus's wife Holly holds the Bible during a ceremony at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan, Getty Images)

General David Petraeus, center, former head of the allied forces in Afghanistan, takes the oath of office as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency from Vice President Joe Biden as Petraeus's wife Holly holds the Bible during a ceremony at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC.